Introduction In this article I want to discuss what the optimal government would look like. Albeit this quest is highly idealistic and arguably unrealistic, it is nevertheless a crucial question to ask, because even imperfect answers could provide some of the most important ingredients to building a better world. The main challenge with this task … More On Politics and the Perfect Government
For the first time in history we humans are in a position where we can once and for all solve the big problems that have accompanied us since the dawn of time – hunger, disease, back-breaking work – and focus exclusively on ‘maximizing our happiness’ (more on what a “Utopia” is here). The ‘to-do’ list … More Humanity’s Final Push for Progress
Introduction In this article I explain why I think we can build a Utopia within the next generation and make more progress than in all previous thousands of generations combined. We can find a million reasons why the world is getting better, or worse, and at what rate. However, instead of discussing all these examples … More The Main Reason Why We Can Create a Utopia in the Next Generation: The ‘Exponential Basics Coverage’ Effect
One central goal of this project is to show not just what mind-boggling potential we humans have right now to make our lives better, but how we can actually unleash that potential. Think of it as a compass and map that allows us to figure out the direction our civilization should best go into and … More The Path of Maximum Progress – Navigating Down to the Last One Degree
Introduction The goal of this project is to look at what the most important ingredients are to build a better world and to put these ingredients into a sort of recipe or formula with the minimum amount of factors that lead to the maximum amount of progress. That means we need a goal (Utopia) and … More The Ultimate Starting Point of A Plan to Maximize Progress
Introduction In this article I want to explore what kind of technological innovation has the greatest potential to improve our lives. When we zoom out and look at the progress we humans have made over the last few thousand years, i.e. from hunting animals for weeks to going to the supermarket to get food (a), … More Robots Building Robots that Build and Repair Robots that Produce Goods and Services
The question of how to build a better world or even a Utopia is not just a trillion-dollar question, it’s also borderline insane and obviously too complex to answer precisely. Over the years I’ve noticed a recurring pattern that simplifies things a great deal and shows us the basic boxes we have to tick when … More The STEPS to Change the World
Introduction Science summarizes in one word the essence of everything that has allowed us to build our modern civilization and to make the world as well as our lives better and better. In order to improve our lives we need to solve problems while at the same time create more of whatever makes us happier. … More Why Science Is the Single Most Important Asset to Our Modern Civilization
Introduction I think the one key thing about life that unites all of us humans is that we want to live happy and fulfilling lives. The logical next step is therefore to solve as many problems and create as much of whatever we deem good as possible, for example, reducing poverty and starvation or maximizing … More Towards A Unifying Theory for the Advancement of Human Civilization
Introduction The purpose of this article is not only to make an important point, i.e. that it would benefit us all as tax payers, to pay teachers much more, but to also give another empirical example of the logic or world view this project wants to get across. Before reading this article I recommend you … More Why Teachers Have the Most Important Job And Should Be Paid As Much As Managers
Generation Utopia 